Ruminations: The hermit and state power

The BJP-IPFT combine swept to power in Tripura on March 3, 2018, ending 25 years of uninterrupted rule of the CPI(M)-led Left Front. Pic courtesy: Twitter/@BjpBiplab Agartala: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday invited outgoing CM Manik Sarkar for ...

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Outgoing Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar can take shelter in West Bengal, Kerala or neighbouring Bangladesh as the BJP is going to form the next government in the state, Assam minister Himanta Biswa Sarma.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has called upon the people of Tripura to "throw" out the Manik Sarkar-led Left Front government in the state and vote for the Bharatiya Janata Party to usher in development for which he developed a new acronym -- 'HIRA'.Addressing an election meeting at Rangamatia Madrassa ground Sonamura last month,, he said people wear 'manik' or gem stone for changing their fate, but this Manik (Sarkar) failed to bring prosperity in the lives of people. "Throw away manik (Sarkar ...

On Friday, after the BJP vanquished Manik Sarkar's Left, BJP's state in-charge Sunil Deodhar said that that the result showed the BJP wasn't 'anti-minority, anti-Muslim or anti-Christian'.

BJP is battling tooth and nail to oust the Left Front government led by four-time Chief Minister Manik Sarkar Agencies | New Delhi Last Updated at February 18, 2018 15:09 IST CM Manik Sarkar casting his vote. Photo: ANI As of 1 pm on Sunday morning, voter ...

Outgoing Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar has blamed the ''unimaginable money power'' and ''continuous onslaught of media'' as the reason behind the party's debacle in the just-concluded Assembly polls in the state.The poll result was ''unexpected'' and ...

The Left Front today accused the BJP of trying to disturb the counting at Dhanpur Assembly constituency, from where Chief Minister Manik Sarkar contested.It claimed Sarkar was leading in the seat by over 6,600 votes till the BJP "started creating ...

Communist Party of India (Marxist) general secretary Sitaram Yechury accused the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) polling agents of foul play in Tripura's Dhanpur constituency, previously held by Manik Sarkar.Yechury revealed that he met with Chief Election ...